ROSE FAMILY, Rosaceae. 
conical receptacle, surrounded by a triple row of very 
numerous stamens on the margin of the calyx-tube. 
Wild Roses are widely distributed in the northern 
hemisphere and are too familiar to need much description. 
There are numerous kinds; some are climbing, all are 
prickly and thorny, with handsome, often fragrant, 
flowers and compound leaves, with toothed edges. The 
numerous yellow stamens are on the thick margin of a 
silky disk, which nearly closes the mouth of the calyx. 
The numerous pistils develop into akenes, or small, dry, 
one-seeded fruits. These look like seeds and we find them 
inside the calyx-tube, which in ripening enlarges and 
becomes round or urn-shaped. These swollen calyx- 
tubes are the “‘hips,”” which turn scarlet and add so much 
to the beauty of the rose-bush when the flowers are gone. 
Rosa is the ancient Latin name. 
aa li This is a very handsome thrifty bush, 
Rosa Féndleri about four feet high, with smooth, or 
Pink slightly downy, bright green leaves, and 
Spring, summer thorny stems, with slightly curved thorns. 
Idaho, Utah, Ariz. The fowers are more or less fragrant and 
about two inches across, with bright pink petals, which 
gradually become paler as they fade, and pretty crimson- 
tipped buds. This has smooth “hips” and is a beautiful 
and conspicuous kind, growing in valleys and along streams, 
up to an altitude of nine thousand feet. It is widely 
distributed and variable, probably including several forms. 
A large bush, three to six feet high, with 
erect, branching stems, armed with a few, 
stout thorns, which turn back. The 
California Wild 
Rose 
Rosa Califérnica 
Pink leaves are more or less downy, especially 
Spring, summer, on the under side, with from three to seven 
autumn 
Barns, leaflets, and the flowers usually form a 
cluster of few or many and are each from 
one to nearly two inches across, with pale pink petals. 
They are lovely flowers, with a delicious fragrance, and are 
common at low and moderate altitudes in California, 
usually growing near streams. 
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